diff --git a/sql/connect/shims/pom.xml b/sql/connect/shims/pom.xml
index 6bb12a927738c..d177b4a9971f5 100644
--- a/sql/connect/shims/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/connect/shims/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
     <sbt.project.name>connect-shims</sbt.project.name>
   </properties>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
   <build>
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
     <testOutputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>